Winnipeg Railway Museum

Winnipeg


Winnipeg's imposing and underused Union Station (opened in 1911 and designed by the same firm that did New York's Grand Central Terminal) houses a thorough museum on the history of Canadian railways. Highlights include impressive model railways, striking railway art, the Countess of Dufferin locomotive and a collection of historic Canadian railway cars that you can climb inside.


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